PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) -- Pueblo Central High School was briefly placed on lockdown Thursday after police received reports of a man with a weapon near the campus, but officers say false claims of an active shooter quickly spread online, fueling fear in the community. According to the Pueblo Police Department, they are still searching for the man who had the weapon. However, misinformation spread like wildfire about an active shooter within the community before police could make a statement. A mother of a student at Central High told KRDO13 that she was terrified by the post online, but she did her due diligence and called police dispatchers. Police tell KRDO13 that the man with the gun was never a direct threat to the school, but the lockdown was a precautionary decision by the district.